NEW plans to modernise the process of recording public rights of way have been welcomed by ramblers’ associations. The proposals, which were announced by the environment minister Richard Benyon, aim to cut the time it takes to record a right of way,
AN Oswaldtwistle shopkeeper who torched his store for an insurance payout of up to almost £40,000 has been jailed for four years. Saddaqat Ali was found guilty of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered on August 11, 2010 and fraud between
BLISTERING Kamran Yousaf blazed a boundary-laden trail as Baxenden blew Oswaldtwistle Immanuel away on a stunning Saturday in the Houldsworth Solicitors Ribblesdale League. The Pakistani ace turned the screw with the ball as Immanuel toiled for every
RARELY has a club experienced change quite like Accrington Stanley did during the 2011/12 season. When the Reds ran out for their final game of the campaign last weekend, the manager, assistant and 10 of the players were different to those involved in
JUNIOR Stanislas didn’t do things by halves when he left London for the first time. After almost 22 years living and later working in the capital, when change came, it was dramatic. The furthest he had ventured from home was to Southend, where he spent
BLACKBURN Rovers Academy coach Terry McPhillips says his tired young players can hold their heads up high after losing 2-0 to Fulham in the Academy League national final. The under 18s put in one of their most disappointing displays of the campaign as
CHORLEY’S batting woes reared their head again at Windsor Park on Saturday as they were beaten by Blackpool on another tough day at the office. Andy Holdsworth put the seasiders in after winning the toss and Chorley were soon in the wickets as Gurmandeep
REIGNING champions Lowerhouse signalled yet more intent in the Foster’s Lancashire League on Saturday as they brushed aside Bacup to scorch to a 10-wicket win. Jack McGregor and Tim Farragher both made 27 for Bacup as they were restricetd to 122-7 with
CLASS act Kiwi Harry Boam starred for Haslingden with both bat and ball as his men made it a perfect Foster’s Lancashire League weekend to finally get their season up and running. After beating Burnley on Saturday, Boam and company thrashed East Lancashire
SAMANTHA Murray produced the performance of her career to all but seal a place at the Olympic Games. The 22-year-old from Clitheroe finished third in the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Rome following a dramatic late burst for the line. Murray
CLARETS legend Willie Irvine has warned Owen Coyle he is in for a tough time at the Turf, after his Bolton side were relegated to the Championship yesterday. The former Burnley boss will return to face his old club next season, as a point at Stoke City
A PRIMARY school that completed a £3million council-funded extension just months ago has made a bid to leave local authority control. The decision has been attacked by unions and opposition Tory councillors who questioned the appropriateness of the
A COMMUNITY group has been awarded over £250,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to continue with a mentoring scheme that has helped over 300 children. Southfield Community Action Forum had been running the project for the past five years, but funding had
TWO GP surgeries will be axed, and the future another two is in doubt, affecting 7,000 of patients. The four surgeries are run by East Lancashire Primary Care Trust, which is soon to be wound up. Staff at the Horsfield Centre in Colne and Eagle Medical
NEIGHBOURS were evacuated after a immersion heater caught fire in a vacant Rawtenstall house this morning. Three fire crews, two from Rawtenstall and one from Haslingden, attended the scene on Schofield Road after a burning smell was reported at 5.41am
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain | The Sands Centre | Carlisle | Saturday, June 2 | 7.30pm From the North Pole to Sydney Opera House, via Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall, The Ukes of GB™ are returning to The Sands Centre with
A FAMILY had an ‘extremely lucky escape’ after a fire broke out at a property in Burnley this morning. Firefighters were called to to the home, in Darwin Street, at around 2am after reports that a blaze had started in a bathroom. The bathroom was
FOUR railway stations in East Lancashire will today (Mon) become ‘request stops’ for the first time in their history. Railway users have expressed fears that passengers may be left in the lurch as Pleasington, Hapton, Huncoat and Burnley Barracks stations
FOUR men from Yorkshire have appeared in court charged with a burglary plot which could include up to 60 homes in East Lancashire. Dawn raids were carried out by Lancashire police at four addresses across Bradford by detectives probing a spate of ‘lock
